What has happened to the little rosticcerie that used to be
just about everywhere in Italian cities? Years ago, when in
Italy, we used to pick up a pollo arrosto anytime and take
it back to the hotel for dinner. Last year we spent some
time in an apartment in Florence and looked for such places,
but we never found any. Have they gone out of style? Or were
we just looking in all the wrong places?

Specifically, next March we will again be staying in an
apartment in central Florence, in the via della Rosa in the
Santa Croce quarter. Does anyone know of a place near there
where we might be able to get pollo arrosto to take out?

Also, we are familiar with the Standa market in via
Pietrapiana, but does anyone know of other supermarkets in
central Florence? We have been told that there is a Coop,
but we have not been able to locate one except in the
suburbs of the city.